Opinion and Editorial

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Mayor Williams has luxury to pursue aggressive agenda

Editorial: Unencumbered by AN election, Youngstown Mayor Jay Williams can spend the next four years pursuing

Good roads make good sense

Editorial: Good roads make good sense Highways were an important part of the political conversation in the

Can medical care go too far? Yes

Opinion: By H. GILBERT WELCH Los Angeles Times Here’s a question that’s not being asked in the health-

Mahoning County Dems shun unity

Opinion: At the start of the recent Mahoning County Democratic Party meeting to endorse candidates for the

A lofty goal

Opinion: By HABIBORRAHMAN IBRAHIMI Institute for War & Peace Reporting KABUL, Afghanistan

Reading health-care bill shows it would bar the spending of federal funds for abortion

Opinion: When I was growing up, I learned at a half truth was a whole lie.

State budget panel members should pay the Valley a visit

Editorial: A special Ohio general assembly commission formed in July to develop budget-balancing strategies for the 2012-13 biennium is ready to start work.

Will the Blue Dogs hunt for president?

Opinion: The most important member of Congress this month may be a man many have never heard of: Jason

Child marriage plagues Saudi Arabia

Opinion: Saudi Arabia has a serious child-marriage problem. It’s emblematic of the nation’s struggle

Opinion: Republicans are spreading fear on the air again, Their commercials against regulations on any business and the health bill scare come across once again as Chicken Little politics The sky is falling!

The state of the speech is awful

Opinion: I often disagree with George F. Will, except when he is writing about the beauty and the history of baseball. But his column about the State of the Union Address that appeared on your editorial page on March 15 was as accurate as a well-thrown fastball in Mr. Will’s beloved Wrigley Field.

Valley favorite is still available at a dealership near you

Editorial: Over three generations, there have been songs about red Cadillacs, as well as white, black, lavender, solid gold, and, of course, pink Cadillacs. But if General Motors had gotten its way, buyers could have colored the Cadillac gone in the Mahoning Valley.